Corset-stay-tipping machine.



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Patented Feb. 20, I900.

G. A. HILL.

(Application filed NOV. 5, 1898.)

CORSET STAY TIPPI NG MACHINE.

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No. 643,652. Patented Feb. 20,1900. G. A. HILL.

/ CORSET STAY TIPPING MACHINE.

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CORSET STAY TIPPING MACHINE.

(Application filed 'Nov. 5, 1898.)

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CORSET-STAY-TIPPING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 643,652, dated February 20, 1900.

. Application filed November 5, 1898. Serial No. 696,591. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. HILL, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Ansonia, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oorset-Stay-Tipping Machines, of which'the following is a specification. V

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in machinery for attaching tips to the ends of corset and similar steels.

It is the object of 'my present invention to produce a machine for the above purpose which is durable in construction, reliable of operation, and which will produce an increased amount of work over anything now upon the market. I further construct said machine in such a manner as to operate upon the two ends of the steel simultaneously, thereby preventing the necessity of rolling said steels throughouttheir entire length, which is objectionable for several reasons, one of which is the loss of'time consumed in so doing.

In corset-steel work it-is usually customary to first cover the blades with paper and then finish the ends of said covered blade by covering the rounded edge with a thin sheetmetal tip, such as is shown in Figure 5 of the drawings. These tips are produced on a special machine designed for the purpose, and are utilized in the present machine through the medium of one or more suitable hoppers and feeding devices, (not 'shown,) and are automatically supplied at the opposite ends of the steels through a race, as shown.

Upon the accompanying three sheets of drawings, forming a part of this specification, the same characters of reference denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several figures, and of which- Fig. 1 shows a side elevation of my novel machine, the hoppers being omitted. Fig. 2

is a central vertical cross-section on line x 00 I of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a similar cross-section on line y y of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail vertical longitudinal section showing the tip-feeding device, and Fig. 5 is a detail plan View of a tipped steel.

Referring to the characters of reference marked upon the drawings, A indicates a suitable base or frame-which comprises four parts bolted together in any preferred manner. Midway of the base and crosswise thereof I journal a shaft B, as clearly appears in Figs. 1 and 2. This shaft is provided with a belt-pulley and comprises the main drivingshaft of the machine. 0, D, and E, the first two named being adjustably connected by links F and G with gear-Wheels H and I, secured on short rockshafts, as shown.

The eccentric E serves to successively opcrate the mechanism for feeding the steels forward to be operated upon, as will next be described. Said eccentric carries a rod J, which is provided with a link connection K to an arm L of the feed-shaft M, mounted in a bracket N, secured to the base. A pawland-ratchet connection 0 and P serves to form the operative connection between the arm and the shaft, as will be apparent, it being obvi-' ous that said shaft is successively rotated by the throw of the eccentric and its intermedi-' ate connections with said feed-shaft. Upon the outer ends of the feed-shaft are secured wheels Q Q, which are alike in construction and serve to operate conveyer R, whereby the steels are successively fed forward in the path of operation, where they are discharged from the front on the guides S. Any suitable idle drum T may be employed to guide the rear part of the conveyor, as shown in Fig. 2. In fact, the conveyor itself may also be of any preferred construction so long as it will receive and retain the steel at proper distances and operate to feed but one at a time to the tipping mechanism.

Upon either side of the feeding mechanism is located means for applying the tips, which means comprise two sets of mechanism, alike in construction and which operate simultaneously, as will be seen from the following description.

The base A is provided at either side with ways U, in which are mounted reciprocating slides V V, the upper portion of said slides being guided in a way W, held by uprights X, secured to the rear top portion of the base. Said slides are both reciprocated by the shaft B, before mentioned, through the medium of the racks Y, secured to the under side of said It contains eccentrics slides, gear-wheels II and 1, links F and G, and eccentrics O and D, in a manner to move said slides simultaneously inward and outward with each rotation of said shaft. These slides are each provided with means for securing the tips to the steels, which means comprise a pair of compressing-rolls aand b, properly surfaced to receive the steel, as will be apparent. To the shafts of these rolls are secured gears c and d, which mesh with each other, and consequently insure their movement together. An intermediate gear a, mounted in said slides, also meshes with the gear (Z and is engaged by a fixed rack f, secured to the upright X, as will be seen from Figs. 1 and From the foregoing it will be seen that as the slide is moved to and fro in its way by its operative connections the engagement of the gear 6 with the fixed rack will turn the rolls in and out in a manner to roll on and off of the ends of the steels. To the face of the slide is attached a race 9, down through which the tips are fed to the pocket 71, as will be seen in Fig. 4. It will thus be apparent that as the slides close inward the pockets of the feed-race receive the opposite ends of the steels in a manner to supplya tip thereto, and by a further movement of said slide the rolls a and b compress said tips and firmly secure the same to said steel.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a stay-tipping machine, the combination of feeding and holding mechanism, slides for simultaneously applying tips to the two ends of said stay, rolls carried by said slides for swaging said tips on said stays 2. The combination in a tipping-machine, of means to receive and convey stays to the tipping mechanism, tip-retaining pockets to receive the ends of said stays, slides for feeding said pockets onto the stays and applying said tips, rolls carried by said slides for securing said tips to said ends alternately with the applying operation.

The combination in a tipping-machine, of means for feeding and supporting stays, tip-applying mechanism comprising a pocket to supply the tips, mechanism to feed the tips on the ends of said stays, and rolls for simultaneously swaging said tips to the two ends of said stays with a single operation of said applying mechanism.

4. The combination in a tipping-machine of means for holding stays, slides for simultaneously supplying tips and feeding them onto the ends of said stays, rolls carried by said slides for simultaneously swaging said tips to said ends.

5. The combination with the base, of stay supplyingand supportingmechanism, means for applying tips to each end of said stays, comprising slides, a pocket for applying the tips, and rolls for securing the tips so applied alternately with the operation of the applying mechanism.

(3. The combination in a tipping-machine of a suitable base, tip-applying mechanism slidably mounted thereon and comprising a slide carrying a tip feeding and applying device and rolls for securing said tips to the steels, means for reciprocating said slidable mechanism to and fro upon the base, whereby said tips are applied and secured with a single operation of said slide.

7. The combination in a tipping-machine, of a base, stay-supporting mechanism, tip supporting and attaching mechanism slidably mounted on said base and comprising apocket and rolls, means for reciprocating said attaching mechanism to and from the steels.

8. The combination with the driving-shaft, connections thereof with feeding mechanism, stay feeding and retaining means, segments H and I and connections thereof with the driving-shaft, slides operatively connected to said segments and mechanism mounted in said slides for securing tips to the steels.

9. The combination with a driving-shaft, of a conveyer for feeding stays, connections between the conveyer and driving-shaft whereby said conveyer is operated, slides bearing racks, segments engaging said racks, connections from the driving-shaft for operating said segments, and tip supplying and attaching mechanism.

10. The combination in tip-attaching mechanism, of a slide and means for reciprocating the same, rolls carried by said slide, gears connecting said rolls, a fixed rack to operate said gears by the movement of said slide.

11. The combination in a tipping-machine, of slides and means for reciprocating the same, tip-applying devices carried by said slides, rolls mounted therein and operatively connected together, a fixed rack to operate said rolls by the movement of said slides.

12. The combination in a tipping device, of rolls operatively connected, means for supplying tips to the steels, a rack to operate said rolls, by a forward and backward movement, whereby a tip is secured.

13. The combination of a suitable base, of slides operatively mounted thereon, means for reciprocating said slides toward and from each other, stay-holding mechanism interposed between said slides, rolls carried by the slides to secure the tips to said stays and means for operating the holding device to successively feed the stay to and from the tippers.

Signed at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, this 1st day of November, A. D. 1898.

GEORGE A. HILL.

Witnesses:

ELBERT D. HULL, C. M. NEWMAN. 

